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<p>It's only been a little while and I'm already missing <a title="Kelsey's wrap up on the Other Woman ep" href="/post/mad-men-the-other-woman-feminist-recaps-joan-peggy-pete-don">Joan and Peggy</a> from <em>Mad Men</em>. I can tell because their roles this season made me think about the archetypes of women in the workplace and how some of them have played out in popular culture.</p>
<p>This of course was prompted by Joan's power play and Peggy's uneasy flirtation/acceptance of power.</p>
<p>Here in the 21st century, women who wield power in business are placed into one of a few categories. You can add more.These are just the ones that came to mind:</p>
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</p><p><strong>Lifestyle Goddesses:</strong> Just to put it out there, Oprah is central figure of this archetype, as one of the most valuable brands in the world, and <a title="Oprah Winfrey's net worth" href="http://www.therichest.org/celebnetworth/celeb/media-mogul/oprah-winfrey-net-worth/">as of March, her net worth was $2.7 billion</a>. Way to Live your best life, O! I sat through a really long, tedious Paul Mooney set where he basically went off on Oprah—a lot of people hate the way she's revived her popular book club, the way she's always on the cover of her magazine, etc. "No one person should have all that power," Mooney said. Cue <a title="Kanye West Power" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L53gjP-TtGE">the Kanye West track</a>. Other women who are living the dream and building brands along the way include <a title="Iyanla Vanzant" href="http://www.innervisionsworldwide.com/">Iyanla Vanzant</a>, <a title="Marianne Williamson" href="http://www.marianne.com/">Marianne Williamson</a>, <a title="Brene Brown" href="http://www.brenebrown.com/">Brene Brown</a> and of course, <a title="Martha Stewart" href="http://www.marthastewart.com/">Martha Stewart</a>.</p>
<p><strong>Corporate ladies:</strong> These are women in our culture who we know little about, in comparison to Oprah, and otherwise. I'm thinking here of <a title="Sheryl Sandberg" href="http://www.forbes.com/profile/sheryl-sandberg/">Sheryl Sandberg</a>, <a title="Carly Fiorina" href="http://carlyfiorina.com/about/">Carly Fiorina</a> and potentially the character of Peggy Olson. They are women in male contexts, usually without business narratives that take into account their expressions of sexuality, how they balance work, career ambitions and family and the link. They are almost like politicians in the sense that their bios in our culture don't deviate from a relatively safe script.</p>
<p><strong>Television mavens:</strong> <a title="Murphy Brown" href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094514/">Murphy Brown </a>was the first of these examples. I miss her. Modern day examples include women in front and behind the cameras/web cameras, including <a title="Issa Rae" href="/article/young-awkward-and-black">Issa Rae of Awkward Black Girl</a> fame, <a title="Shonda Rhimes" href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0722274/">Shonda Rhimes</a>, <a title="Lena Dunham" href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2501633/">Lena Dunham</a>, Suze Orman, Diane Sawyer, and Katie Couric.</p>
<p>What am I missing? What other types of women in business do you see represented in pop culture?</p>
<p><strong>Previously:</strong> <a href="/post/lady-business-when-men-are-condescending-at-work"target="_blank">When Men Are Condescending at Work</a>, <a href="/post/lady-business-paid-parental-maternity-leave-feminist-magazine-economy"target="_blank">Paid Parental Leave in the U.S. Sucks</a></p>
http://bitchmagazine.org/post/lady-business-women-pop-culture-archetypes-feminist-magazine-economics-oprah#commentscorporate workHistory of Women in Popular CultureworkSocial CommentaryThu, 21 Jun 2012 21:05:38 +0000Joshunda Sanders17448 at http://bitchmagazine.orgIntroducing The Grrrl on Film Blog!http://bitchmagazine.org/post/introducing-the-grrrl-on-film-blog
<p>Hello and welcome to the Grrrl on Film Blog! My name is Jennifer K. Stuller, aka <a href="http://www.ink-stainedamazon.com">The Ink-Stained Amazon</a>. I'm a writer, author, and critic with a particular interest in the history of women in popular culture. My first book, <a href="http://www.ink-stainedamazon.com/book.html"> Ink-Stained Amazons and Cinematic Warriors: Superwomen in Modern Mythology</a>, will be published this January. </p><p>I'm honored to have had Bitch ask me to be a guest film blogger for the summer, so for the next couple of months I'll be posting on everything from women directors to B-movies to bad movies with feminist potential. I'm looking forward to conversing with y'all over here at Bitch!</p><p>In the meantime, set your DVRs to record the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modesty_Blaise">Modesty Blaise</a> on the <a href="http://movies.amctv.com/movie/102657/Modesty-Blaise/overview"> American Movie Classics</a> channel (AMC) playing from 3:15-6:00 am this Friday and stay tuned for a post about it later in the day!</p><p>Here's the trailer to pique your interest!
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</p>http://bitchmagazine.org/post/introducing-the-grrrl-on-film-blog#commentsHistory of Women in Popular CultureInk-Stained AmazonModesty BlaiseMoviesWed, 15 Jul 2009 20:12:01 +0000Jennifer K. Stuller1876 at http://bitchmagazine.org